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Philip Thalis @philipthalis.bsky.social · 23m

Barbaric Israel
Destruction with impunity
#alanmoir on this genocidal hypocrisy

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Hill Thalis Architecture + Urban Projects @hillthalisaup.bsky.social · 1d

The exquisite banded sandstone detailing of the base of the Chief Secretary’s Building on Bridge St in Sydney.
Designed by NSW Colonial Architect #JamesBarnet in 1870’s
A jewel of #publicsydney

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Philip Thalis @philipthalis.bsky.social · 10h

You are either not serious… or not credible

Philip Thalis @philipthalis.bsky.social · 13h

Timely reminder of the dangers of too much Ministerial discretion can lead to corruption…
Last time NSW Labor Govt was in power…but why has this taken a decade & more to come to court?
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

Star witness in ex-MP’s trial ‘can’t recall anything about anything’

The Crown’s star witness in the trial of his former boss had his criminal charges dropped in return for giving evidence against ex-NSW minister Tony Kelly.

www.smh.com.au

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Philip Thalis @philipthalis.bsky.social · 13h

All the more reason for them to have shown more humanity & respect to the Palestinians since 1948, who had done nothing to harm them…

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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 2d

Ooh #FourCorners what a crooked bunch of bloodsuckers who have our govt by the cojones, those folks in the NRL, the gaming industry and even the body supposedly tasked with encouraging “responsible gambling”.
Time for one of those #royalcommissions to uncover the corruption all the way to the top.

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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 1d

Having charged Richard Boyle for 66 offenses, tied up the courts for 6 years, spent $339,703 on external legal fees, chilled whistleblowing - with the Court refusing to convict - it’s mind-blowing the CDPP still thinks his prosecution was in the public interest. 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️ #auspol

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Philip Thalis @philipthalis.bsky.social · 1d

Look up
reductionroadmap.au

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Philip Thalis @philipthalis.bsky.social · 1d

So dismal that racism & anti-immigration have been so overt in Australia for so long.

When we should be, & often do, celebrate our great success of multiculturalism.

Laura Harding @lhsyd.bsky.social · 2d

Alan Ramsay…from 1988. So much of our contemporary dilemma…latent in a paragraph from a quarter of a century ago…

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Philip Thalis @philipthalis.bsky.social · 1d

Sadly hard to argue with that…

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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 1d

I'm a 'no" on net zero
Because we can do better
Net zero a crock - offsets open to lobbying and corrupt influences and interpretations of what's in or out, and soft targets by polies/ industries that don't want change, or invalidly argue we can't

Australia needs to target real zero, not net zero

Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · Nov 20

On grid 82% renewables electrification in Australia by 2030? 👀
A walk in the park
Hard to avoid
What if we really tried?🤔
100%?
Technically + commercially doable
We just need real action
#COP29
Treat it like a #ClimateCrisis?
Rest of Australia?
Off-grid mines etc can easily reach by 2035

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Philip Thalis @philipthalis.bsky.social · 1d

Architect Gerard Reinmuth talking in our shared studio about climate crisis & Australian Reduction Roadmap, based on the practical Danish precedent.

As discussed, no new building can be truly sustainable, but we must do so much better.
Ask - do new buildings need to be as large or lavish?

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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 1d

David Shoebridge turns up the heat on AG Dept Sec Kath Jones who objects bail law changes in QLD,NSW, NT are to
“put more ppl in jail”
DS “r u seriously challenging that?”
KJ “u said to put more FN ppl in jail”
DS “they were expressly identifying wanting to put more FN kids in jail”🔥 #Estimates

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Philip Thalis @philipthalis.bsky.social · 1d

Happy to credit Gillard, though she seems to have been quite forgotten by Labor…

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Philip Thalis @philipthalis.bsky.social · 1d

Low, low bar

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Philip Thalis @philipthalis.bsky.social · 1d

So where are the loud denouncements by all sides of Australian politics of the thuggish treatment & detention of Australian citizens?
Hello Wong & Albanese - will you awake from your partisan stance on Israel?
Condemn Netanyahu now

ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 1d

Jacinta McEwan calls for the Australian government to help her son amid reports he has been physically abused after being arrested on a flotilla trying to break Israel's naval blockade of Gaza.

Mother of Australian from Gaza flotilla pleads: 'stand up for my son'

Jacinta McEwan calls for the Australian government to help her son amid reports he has been physically abused after being arrested on a flotilla trying to break Israel's naval blockade of Gaza.

www.abc.net.au

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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 2d

Greta Thunberg provides the perspective that most western media will not:

It’s not about a few hundred foreign nationals being mistreated by Israel for a few days.

It’s about the #GazaGenocide, deliberate denial of aid, and Israel’s flagrant breaches of international law.

StrictlyChristo 🦋🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 2d

Greta Thunberg speaks to the press after being released from illegal detainment in Israel: "I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me, but that is not the story.”

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Philip Thalis @philipthalis.bsky.social · 2d

Albo - too dull & shallow.
Once happy to present himself as the protege of the courageous Tom Uren, who had been to the left in Whitlam & later Hawke Govts.
Now Albo just a centre right, do nothing, squander opportunities, cartel-captured seat warmer.
When we are at such a critical point…

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 2d

I'm very concerned about all the #GlobalSumudFlotilla detainees, but especially Hannah Schafer, who seems likely to be held in extended detention in Israel. Israeli armed forces have committed grave and multiple breaches of international law in attacking the flotilla and mistreating its crew.

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Michael Dowling aka MeckeringBoy @meckeringboy.bsky.social · 2d

What is wrong with our ABC News? Twice today I’ve listened to the news & heard rubbish from Scott Morrison, the Worst PM Ever, interviewed on #Murdoch’s Sky commenting on PNG & a Trump Peace Prize?!

We voted him out of office.
Why are we STILL getting “Morrison says…” on *our ABC*?

Please stop.

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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 5d

Fool

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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 3d

Not just that you will be punished for standing up for the oppressed, but that you will be ritually humiliated and made an example of.
Hello, world?

ed @macaulaybalkan.bsky.social · 3d

The word I keep grasping at these days is ‘impunity’

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Philip Thalis @philipthalis.bsky.social · 3d

Both spineless & useless

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Marquis d’Russell @ashmarquisdrussell.bsky.social · 3d

it’s fun for all the family!
Especially finding the streets where we used to live & some where we care to forget from my university days !😱 It’s a great companion piece! ( s) to the Rock&Roll walks of fame & shame that I did& commissioned by Al Walton !

www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/history/rock...

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Philip Thalis @philipthalis.bsky.social · 3d

Imagine that, another
Sydney jigsaw puzzle!
Waddington’s Plan a Jig dates from mid 1960’s, a potpourri of old & new Sydney drawn over a very loose base plan. Lots of wackily cut pieces, but not too challenging…
Whereas our #publicsydneypuzzle is available from @UroPublications & @KinokuniyaAust

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